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Plant Genomics and Proteomics, by Christopher A. Cullis
ISBN 0-471-37314-1 Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Bacteria, nitrogen-fixing, 138–139
Bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs).
See also BAC entries
automated sequencing of, 38
large-insert vectors and, 27
libraries of, 28–32
Bacteriophage l, large-insert vectors
and, 27
“Bait” plasmids, 126, 127
Banana, BAC libraries from, 32
Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
(BLAST
®
), 173–174, 175, 176, 177,
178
data interpretation using, 183–185
Beijing Genomics Institute, 48, 49
Beneficiaries, of genetically modified
organisms, 191
Benzothiodiazole-inducible Pr-1a
system, 101
Bermuda standard, 171
bHLH/MYC gene family, 97
Bidirectional promoter, 93, 94
Binary BAC (BIBAC) vector, 28
Bioethics, of plant genomics, 189–
198
Bioinformatics, 167–186. See also
Informatics tools; Software
Biological databases. See Databases
Biotechnology, safety of, 191–192,
193–196. See also Bt crops;
Technology
Biotic interactions, of plants, 132–141
BP reaction, 25
Brachypodium distachyon, genome size
of, 3
Brassica oleraceae, as sequencing target,
65
Breeding methods, in marker-assisted
selection, 160–164
Brenner, Sydney, 201
Bt crops, safety of, 191–192, 193
bZIP gene family, 97
Caenorhabditis elegans, 54
CAP3 program, 179–180
CAP4 program, 43
Cartagena Protocol, on genetically
modified organisms, 193–196
CC-NBS-LRR gene family, 134, 136
cDNA libraries, 33, 34–35
Celera, 63–64
CEL I mismatch cleavage enzyme, 84
Cells, process control in, 107–108
Cellular homeostasis, in plants, 141
Cell walls, synthesis of, xii
CEN2 gene, sequence features of, 12
CEN4 gene, sequence features of, 12
Centromeric DNA, 12–13
Chemical regulation, of gene
expression, 99, 100–101
“Chips.” See DNA microarrays
Chromatin, 90, 91
structural effects of, 99–102
Chromosomes
evolutionary relationships and, 16–19
RFLPs and, 150
variation in plant, 3–7
cis-acting sequences, 95
Class I and class II transposons, 10, 12
Clonase
TM
, 26, 27
Clones. See also BAC clones; Cloning
of complementary DNA, 32–33
number necessary to screen (table), 27
Cloning, 70. See also Clones
map-based, 48
Cloning systems, 24–38
CLUSTAL W software, 43
Clustering protocols, for sequence data
processing, 63
Coiled coil (CC) genes, 134
Comparative genomics, 182–183
Complementary DNA (cDNA). See also
cDNA libraries; Concatenated
cDNA sequencing (CCS)
in cells, 107–108
in cloning, 32–33
in differential display technology, 36
in gene expression analysis, 110, 112,
113–114
in generating ESTs, 71–73
generating full-length, 73–75
in genome annotation, 78
in microarrays, 37
MPSS and, 117, 118
SAGE and, 114–116
sequencing of, 39, 40, 75–77

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sequencing software for, 43
in transgenics, 128
in yeast two-hybrid systems, 126, 127
Complex traits, 147–164
Concatenated cDNA sequencing (CCS),
77
Concentration times time (Cot)
parameter, 55–56. See also Cot
entries
Consumers, attitude toward GMOs,
196–197
“Contamination,” organellar, 61
Contigs, in generating ESTs, 72. See also
BAC contigs; Fingerprint contigs
(FPC) software; Tentative contigs
(TCs)
Control
of gene expression, 89–103
translational, 103
Conventional breeding methods, in
marker-assisted selection, 163–164
Cooperative State Research Education
and Extension Services (CSREES),
132
Copper-inducible ACEI system, 101
Cot curves, 55–56
Cot fractionation, 55–56
Cot fractionation-based libraries, 62
Crops, genetic improvement of, xiii–xiv.